Munsey's Magazine, June 1902

Munsey's Magazine, June 1902

This issue opens with "The Birth of Golf" by Douglas Story, a speculative natural history tracing golf from Paleolithic man striking stones with clubs through various ball-games (lacrosse, tennis, polo, cricket) to golf's Scottish origins. Story documents golf's evolution from primitive coastal play to formal sport, noting 1457 Scottish decrees attempting to suppress it, religious conflicts over Sabbath play, and its adoption by Stuart royalty including Mary Queen of Scots at Holyrood. The article includes accounts of James IV's 1503 match at Stirling and concludes with David Garrick's eighteenth-century Hampshire course.

Serials include John Burt (Chapters I-V) and The Circlet of Flame (Chapters XIX-XXIII) by Ernest W. Hornung. Featured short stories encompass varied genres: "A Son of Copper Sin," "That Person!," "The Cached Buffalo Calf," "The Heminway Crescent," and "The Managing Editor." Additional content includes illustrated articles on naval engineering, coronation painting, and storiettes; poetry by Clinton Scollard, Theodosia Garrison, and others; plus columns on stage, literary chat, and Derby Day horseracing.